TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

CELLEBRITE BLOCKED SERBIA FROM USING ITS SOLUTION BECAUSE MISUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR POLITICAL REASONS

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Amnesty International discovered that Serbian authorities covertly infected phones during police interviews using Cellebrite tools and a newly found spyware called NoviSpy. The spyware allowed for extensive surveillance, leading to Cellebrite suspending its services in Serbia and calls for independent investigations and safeguards against misuse of digital technologies.